Window cleaner fined for destroying housemartin nests

“A window cleaner destroyed two housemartin nests a family had been watching being built at their home in Park View, Buckden.

When Martin Rigby, 59, was challenged by the householder, he said “everyone wanted them removing,” thinking they were old or the previous year’s nests.

Rigby, of Applegarth, Barnoldswick, who pleaded guilty to damaging/destroying a nest while it was in use, contrary to schedule one of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, was fined £85 and ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge by Skipton magistrates.”